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HORSE HAY RAKE.

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WILLIAM H. TRAPHAGEN, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR To EMERSON,

. TALOOTT & 00., OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,663, dated July 28, 1896.

Application filedJuly 22,1893. Serial No. 481,233. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that 1, WILLIAM H. TRAPHA- GEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay- Rakes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists in the various details of construction shown in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a rake embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a front face elevation of the rake-head. Fig. 3 is a lengthwise vertical section of the rake-head. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the iron employed to support the thill-beams when they are changed into a tongue. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the foot-lever mechanism for operating the rake-teeth. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the guides secured to the cleaner-bar. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the hinge connection between the rake-head and thill or tongue frame. Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective representations of portions of the hinge. Fig. 10 is a vertical section through the support for the rake-teeth. Fig. 11 is an isometrical representation of the brackets 36. Fig. 12 is an isometrical representation of the baseplate 9, showing the cross-bar 9%. Fig. 13 is a lengthwise section through the center of the hand-lever 60, link 58, and toothed segment 59.

The rake-head is composed of lengthwisebars 1 and 2, placed on edge and secured to the stub-axles 3, and connected together at their top edge by one section of the hinge. A trussbar 4 is placed on edge in front of the bar 1, having its ends secured thereto by bolts 5, its center passing under a clamp 6.

A truss-bar 7 is placed between the bars 1 and 2, its ends being bolted to the stub-axles and its center portion bolted to the section of hinge above mentioned. By this arrangement a very strong and light head is produced.

The section of the hinge above referred to is provided with a base-plate 8, from the forward end of which extend ears 9, connected by a cross-bar 9%. The hook-section of the hinge is shown at Fig. 8, and consists of the web 10, having depending flanges 11, projections 12, a perforated ear 13, and a curved hooked end 14, the web provided with a hole 15.

The lower section of the hinge is shown at Fig. 9, and consists of the sides 16, having depressions 17 in their upper edges, an end 18, provided with an extension 19, and end 20, provided with prongs or fingers 21. The bottom 22 has a hole 23, and one of the sides is provided with a perforated ear 24.

In placing the hinge together the hook 141 is placed over the cross-bar 9%, the prongs or fingers 21 resting against the under side of the cross-bar, the projections of the upper section fitting within the recesses of the lower section. A bolt 25 is passed vertically through the two sections, holding them together and in place on the upper and lower sides of the cross-bar.

A bar 26 is located on the under face of the lower sections of the hinge, and a curved frame 27 is located on the upper face of the up per section of the hinge. The bolt that holds the parts of the hinge together also holds the bar and curved frame in place.

Thills 28 are secured to the bar 26 and curved frame 27 by bolts 29 and 30, and a stub-tongue 31 is also secured thereto, tothe front end of which is secured an iron (shown at Fig. 4:) consisting of a base-plate 32, from which depends a tubular stud 33, forming a support for a whiflietree. Wings 34 stand in a horizontal plane and are connected with the base by vertical sides 35. These wings are perforated and for a purpose to appear hereinafter.

To the rear face of the lengthwise bar 2 of the rake-head are secured brackets 36, forming supports for the rake-teeth 37 ,and each supports two teeth. Their upper ends are provided with vertical slots 38, a vertical groove 39 being formed beneath the slot and a horizontal perforation 40 located beneath the groove. The rake-teeth are bent,as shown at Fig. 10, so that the portion lying in the vertical groove of the bracket will, when the bracket is bolted to the bar 2, lie in contact with the bar, the end fitting in the perforation 40 preventing the twisting of the tooth.

' A loop 41 is formed in the tooth and the main portion of the tooth extending rearward and downward, guided in the vertical slot 38. By this arrangement two teeth are held by a single bracket and the teeth are given the greatest range of flexibility.

A cleaner-bar 42 is connected to the hinge portion by rods 43, connected to the vertical bars 44, secured to the lower section of the hinge by a bolt passing through it and the perforated ear 24. This bar passes through the ear 13, which holds it in its upright position. From the under side of this cleanerbar projects a series of pins 45, and to the ends of the bar are secured guides (shown at Fig. 6) by a rivet passing through the perforated ears 46 and through the bar. The main portion of the guide is provided with a slot 47, through which the teeth pass, the lower end of the guide terminating in a cleanerpin 48. By this construction the cleaner-bar is held down to its work, and is given sufiicient play to prevent binding by passing through the slot 47 and the cleanerpin, and guides are made all in a single piece.

To the upper face of the stub-tongue over the curved frame is secured a bracket 49, having its upper portion in socket form and its front face grooved, within which is located the seat-spring 50. lVithin the socket is located the horizontal portion of a foot-lever, from which extends the crank portion 51, having at its end a foot-rest 52, its upper surface convex and serrated in order that the foot will have at all times a good rest. To the other end of the horizontal portion is secured a crank 53, having its end provided with a foot-rest 54. From the inner end of the crank 53 extends a hook 55, (shown at Fig. 5,) and to the rear face of the seat-spring support is pivoted a latch 56. From the inner face of the crank 53 extends a stud 57, which receives one end of a bar 58.

To the upper face of the rake-head is secured a toothed segment 59, to the center of which is pivoted a hand-lever 60, and to this hand-leveris pivoted the other end of the bar 58, thus forming a connection between the hand and foot levers.

The rake-teeth may beelevated or depressed by bringing the rake-head on a balance through the medium ,of the foot-levers and'then adjusting the position of the handlever in its engagement with the toothed segment, and the teeth can be locked in their elevated position by pressing down on the right foot-lever until the hook is behind the latch, then lowering the latch in the path of the hook.

By the arrangement offoot-levers herein shown the rake can be dumped and returned without the employment of the hands.

It is often desirable to change the rake from the thills to a tongue, which I accomplish by removing the bolts 29 and 30, holding the thills in position, moving the thills into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and placing the bolts 30 through the cars 34 of the evener-support and the bolts 29 through the holes 61 in the curved frame 27, the outer ends of the thills being connected in any suitable manner, and in place of a singletree a doubletree is employed.

I claim as my invention 1. In a horse hay-rake, a rake-head composed of stub-axles, two parallel bars placed on edge, atruss-bar placed on edge alongside one of the parallel bars, and a truss-bar placed between the parallel bars the ends of each of the bars connected to the stub-axles.

2. A clamp securing two rake-teeth rigidly to the rake-head having vertical slots allowing flexibility and preventing lateral movement and having holes extending longitudinally in the direction of the length of the rake-teeth.

' TVILLIAM H. TRAPHAGEN. lVitnesses:

A. O. BEHEL, E. BEHEL. 

